To Blanket Or Not To Blanket:
That Is The Question
Glenn Michalak If you are winter riding, show-
Equestrian Center Manager ing, or own an older horse, a
Delaware Valley College blanket is a must.
Now that the days have be- Winter blankets will keep your
come colder, the discussion for horse warm and during the cold
many horse owners revolves winter months, but they will not
around whether or not to blanket, stop your horse from growing a
If you allow your horse to grow winter coat,
in its natural winter coat, you Blanketing must always go
may not need a blanket, but blan- hand in hand with body clipping
keting can be useful even with a ® horse. You are removing a
natural coat horse s natural insulation when
doing so. Body
clipping makes it
easier for groom
ing and reduces
sweating in the
winter.
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If nights are
going to drop
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below 40 degrees, use a medium
weight turnout blanket. Use them
only at night, as the inner lining
of sorts will make the blanket too
hot for the horse during the day.
These blankets are also water
proof and windproof. These blan
kets are good for most winter
days in this region.
If the temperature drops below
0 degrees, place a polar fleece
under blanket on your horse or
have a blanket available suitable
for colder temperatures. Make
sure your blankets have withers
protection and a shoulder gusset.
For anyone exercising his or
her horse in a cold arena, use a
quarter or half sheet until the an
imal is properly warmed up.
Doing so reduces the chance of
pulled and tom muscles because
the body is unusually cold and is
working too quickly. After exer
cise, place a blanket on the hind
quarters to prevent stiffening
muscles later.
Stable blankets are important
during the winter months if your
horse is stalled for long periods.
There are good stable blankets
available in light, medium, and
heavy weights. You will need to
watch how the temperature fluc
tuates in the barn and outside to
decide what is best for your blan
keting system.
You may have to change blan
kets when a horse is going out,
and when back in the barn. Some
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 7, 2002-A2l
Sign-Up For Livestock
Compensation Program
Ends Dec. 13
WASHINGTON, D.C. The 19, 2002. A county that had a
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretarial disaster designation
has announced that sign-up for request pending for drought as of
the Livestock Compensation Pro- Sept. 19 and was subsequently
gram (TCP) for cattle, sheep, approved as a primary county, is
goats and buffalo producers will also eligible. Counties named as
end on Dec. 13. contiguous counties are not eligi-
Sign-up began on Oct. 1 for
producers with livestock head
quarters operations physically lo
cated in counties that have re
ceived a Secretarial primary
disaster designation for drought
between Jan. 1, 2001 and Sept.
days, you may not need a blanket
on when going out. Again, please
understand this is a time-con
suming system for your horse,
and one blanket is not going to
do the trick.
You need to help your horse as
much as you can if you choose
this system. You will need to in
vest in several blankets to make it
work well for him or her. Never
theless, if you are willing to do
this, it makes it easier to cool and
groom your horse.
ble for LCP.
Payments are based on stan
dard feed consumption data for
each eligible type of livestock.
Types of livestock adjusted by
these factors and payment rates
are:
Beef Cows $lB/head
Dairy Cows $31.50/head
Stockers $13.50/head
• Buffalo and Beefalo $lB/
head
• Goats $4.50/head
• Sheep $4.50/head
As of Nov. 20, applications for
LCP benefits have been received
from and payments issued to
more than 310,000 livestock pro
ducers in 41 drought impacted
states.
For more information about
this program and other drought
and weather-related information,
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